Note: These screenshots are from Proxmox version 4.1 (the WebGUI on newer versions looks slightly different!)

Using an HTTPS web browser login into the Proxmox WebGUI, typically using port 8006, then upload the AstLinux Install ISO to your local storage…

On the left select your local storage, in the right section select “Content” then “Upload”, select “ISO image” then select the AstLinux Install ISO and upload it to your Proxmox server. It should then appear in the “Content” section under “ISO image”.

Now select your Proxmox node on the left, then “Create VM” on the upper right…

Enter a Name: (DNS style name, no spaces):

“Next” select “Linux 4.X/3.X/2.6 Kernel”:

“Next” select your uploaded ISO image from local storage:

“Next” change the Bus/Device: to SATA and set the Disk size to 4 or 8 GB:

Tip → Since AstLinux 1.3.0 'SCSI' should be used as Bus and 'VirtIO SCSI' as SCSI Controller (Proxmox default!)

“Next” change the CPU Cores: to 2:

Tip → To pass AES-NI support to the guest VM, select Type: [ host ] instead of the default. Though you may see kvm “unhandled rdmsr” messages on your Proxmox VE host's console, which can be safely ignored.